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United States Patent 3,343,751 BALL WINDING MACHINE Mathew Kuts, Akron,()hio, assignor to The B. F. Goodrich Company, New York, N.Y., acorporation of New York Filed Nov. 26, 1965, Ser. No. 509,868 9 Qlaims.(Cl. 242-33) ABSTRAQT OF THE DISCLQSURE A golf ball winding machine inwhich an elastic strand supply spool is orbited around a core heldbetween opposed winding heads which are reciprocated to cause the coreto rotate about a vertical axis to provide a desired winding patternwhile rollers in the winding heads are intermittently rotated to rotatesaid core about a horizontal axis to thereby alter the winding patternat a desired point of the Winding cycle.

This invention relates to a ball winding machine and more particularlyto a machine for winding elastic thread under tension upon a golf ballcore.

In the manufacture of golf ball cores it is important to maintainuniform constant tension on the elastic thread material while windingthe cores. Certain of the machines in their winding of the core found itdesirable to change the pattern for the finish wind to provide adesirable compact core. This was achieved through a change in speed ofrotation with a resulting slow wind in the final winding pattern or elsethrough changing the ball core from one machine to another to achieve adifierent pattern.

The present invention contemplates the use of a positive drive means toachieve a dual pattern of winding on one machine wherein the dualpattern winding is accomplished at high speed. In addition, the patternof winding is such as to assure uniform constant tension of the elasticthread material resulting in uniform weight, resiliency and roundnesswithout requiring that the ball core be first wound on one machine andthen be transferred to a second machine for the final winding pattern.

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved golf ballwinding machine.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved golf ballwinding machine that accomplishes different pattern winding at highspeed.

A further object of this invention is to provide a golf ball core ofuniform weight and resiliency.

Another object of this invention is to provide dual pattern winding of agolf ball core at high speed and efficiency.

These and other objectives achieved by this invention will becomeapparent as this description proceeds in connection with theaccompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the improved ball winding machine.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the upper portion of theball winding machine with a portion in 'cross section.

FIG. 3 is a plan view in section of the drive means.

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the ball windingmachine.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the ball winding machine with a portion removedto show the drive means for the rollers.

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view with a portion in cross section takenalong line 6-6 of FIG. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown in FIG. 1 a housing 10mounted on a suitable frame not shown. Secured to-the housing 10 are apair of spaced pedestals 11 and 12 having aligned bores 13 and 14 withbearings 15 and 16, respectively. Slidably mounted in the respectivebearings 15 and 16 are a pair of opposed spindle supporting sleeves 17and 18 movable axially toward and away from each other in a manner to bedescribed. The spindle supporting sleeves 17 and 18 have enlargedforwardly extending supporting structures 19 and 20, respectively, whichsupporting structures 19 and 20 each have upper and lower pairs ofgrooved ways as at 21 and 22, respectively, to provide ways which arelaterally disposed relative to the longitudinal center line of thealigned bores 13 and 14. To prevent the spindle support sleeves 17 and18 from rotating, the lower end portion of the supporting structures 19and 20 have rearwardly extending projections 24 and 25 which areslidably received by bores 25 and 26 in the pedestals 11 and 12.Pedestals 11 and 12 have pairs of laterally extending projections 27 and28 (FIGS. 1 and 5), respectively, with each projection having a borethat slidably receives a stud 29. Each stud 29 has its one end threadedinto the adjacent supporting struc tures 19 or 20. Each stud 29 iscircumferentially encompassed by a spring 30 which biases the enlargedforward portions 19 and 20 axially toward each other.

Mounted for lateral movement on the respective supporting structures 19and 20 are winding heads 31 and 32 which have suitable guideways whichare slidably received by the grooves 21 and 22, respectively. Thewinding heads 31 and 32 are similar in construction and only windinghead 31 will be described with like reference numerals being primed forwinding head 32. Winding head 31 comprises a box-like housing structure33 which is open at its forward portion facing the winding plane to bedescribed and has mounted thereon a pair of parallel spaced apartrollers 34, 34 which with similar rollers 34', 34' in the winder head 32are adapted to engage, support and turn the golf ball center 35constituting the workpiece.

The housing structure 33 has a laterally extending shaft 37 with itsaxis parallel to the axes of rollers 34, 34 and has mounted on one endthereof a spur gear 38 which meshes with spur gears 39 and 40 on therespective shafts 34, 34. Keyed to shaft 37 is a bevel gear 42 (FIG. 5)which meshes with a bevel gear 43 which in turn is secured to alongitudinally extending shaft 45. A serrated clutch plate 46 issuitably secured to the other end of shaft and is adapted to mesh with amating clutch plate 47 in a manner to be described. Clutch plate 47 isintegral with a spur gear 48 that is driven by a gear 49 which gear 49has intermittent gear teeth to provide intermittent motion. A U-shapedbracket 51 has its one end secured to the outer end portion of thespindle supporting sleeve 17 with its other end portion journaling anaxially movable sleeve 52. Sleeve 52 has a pair of spaced enlargedshoulder portions 52 and 53 which receive the one end portion of a leverarm 54. The intermediate portion of lever arm 54 is pivotally mounted asat 55 to a bracket 56. U-shaped bracket 51 has a hydraulic cylinder 57secured thereto with its piston rod 58 extending outwardly therefromhaving spaced shoulders 59 and 60 on its end portion. Shoulders 59 and60 receive the other end portion of lever arm 54. Gear 48 is integralwith clutch plate 47 and sleeve 52 for axial movement by the pneumaticcylinder 57. Pressurization of the head end of hydraulic cylinder 57moves the piston rod outwardly to the position shown in FIG. 5, whichaction pivots the lever arm 53 in a clockwise direction as viewed inFIG. 5 to engage the respective clutch plates 46 and 47.

The tongue and groove mounting of the winding head 31 upon itssupporting structure 19 permits the head 31 to be moved relative to thelatter, which movement alternatively carries the center of the housingto the opposite sides of the structure. This movement is concurrent andopposite in direction to the winding head 32 with 3 the result that thework 35 mounted therebetween is rotated on a vertical axis that isperpendicular to the longitudinal center line of the aligned bores 13and 14 without shifting its center from the longitudinal line of thebores 13 and 14.

For moving the winding head 31 relative to the supporting structure 19there is provided a rotatable heart-shaped cam 64 which is suitablymounted upon one end of a sleeve 65 which is journaled within thespindle supporting sleeve 17 and projects therefrom at its opposite endwhere a spur gear 66 is secured thereto. Spur gear 66 meshes with a gear67 mounted upon a shaft 69 which also has secured thereto spur gear 49.Gear 49 and gear 67 rotate at the same speed; however, gear 49 is largerin diameter than gear 67. In a similar manner gear 49' is larger thangear 67'; however, the respective gears 49 and 49' are different in thatthe number of teeth on gear 49 are greater than those of gear 49 withthe intermittent blank spaces between adjacent gear teeth being greateron gear 49 than gear 49 with the resulting effect being to effect adifferent pattern of basket weave winding from gear 49 than gear 49 in amanner to be described.

Cam 64 engages a pair of cam rollers 70 which are journaled on thebox-line structure 33 on opposite sides of the cam 64, with the resultthat the housing is reciprocated laterally by rotation of the cam 64 asit engages the respective cam rollers 70. The drive means for the ballwinding machine includes a motor M which drives via a clutch 72, thedrive shaft 73 which in turn drives bevel gear 74. Bevel gear 74 mesheswith a bevel gear 75, keyed to shaft '76, which has a drive pinion 77thereon. Drive pinion 7'7 drives the spooling apparatus to be described.Mounted on shaft 73 is a spiral gear 81 which meshes with a spiral gear82 mounted on a shaft 83 which shaft 83 is journaled in suitablehearings on the housing 10. Mounted on the respective end portions ofthe shaft 83 are a pair of spur gears 84 and 85. Gear 84 meshes with thespur gear 67 to drive gears 67 and 49. Gear 85 meshes with spur gear 67to drive gears 67 and 49 in unison.

To maintain the respective winding heads 31 and 32 in cooperative spacedrelationship there is provided a pair of bell cranks 86 and 87 which arepivotally mounted on shafts 88 and 89. The one end of the respectivebell cranks 86 and 87 have gear sectors 90 and 91 in intermeshingrelationship. The other ends of the bell cranks 86 and 87 have slottedend portions 92 and 93 which are adapted to slidably receive rollers 94and 95 which are journaled on the lower supporting structures 19 and 20.Thus as the respective supporting structures 19 and are moved in anaxial direction away from each other the rollers 94 and 95 exert apivoting force on the respective bell cranks 86 and 87 which istransferred via such bell cranks to the gear sectors 90 and 91 tomaintain the movement of such supporting structures 19 and 20 an equaldistance.

To provide a means for loading a golf ball center to the golf ballmachine there is provided on pedestals 11 and 12 spur gears 97 and 98,respectfully. The supporting structures 19 and 20 have chains 99 and 100(FIG. 1) secured to the rearward portion thereof, which chains aretrained about a portion of the circumference of the respective gears 97and 98 and extend downwardly to attachments to downwardly extending rods101 and 102 which rods extend through the housing 10. The lower endportion of the rods 101 and 102 are secured to a horizontally extendingbracket 103 which serves as a foot pedal whereby a force may be exerteddownwardly on such bracket 103 which rotates the respective gears 97, 98in opposite directions to facilitate the separation of the winding heads31 and 32 to facilitate the insertion of a golf ball core into the ballwinding machine. The releasing of the force on the bracket 103 releasesthe compression on springs which thereby urges the supporting structures19 and 20 inwardly into positive engagement with the golf ball core 35.

The strand of rubber thread to form the winding is applied under tensionand fed from a rotating supply to the center plane of rotation of thegolf ball core. For this purpose an annular ring 104, secured to thecentral portion of the housing 10, supports for rotation a spur gear105, which gear 105 is in mesh with drive pinion 77 and is driventhereby. A pair of spaced brackets 106 and 107 (FIG. 6) with a pair ofspaced spindles 10S and 109 extending therebetween support for rotationsupply spools 110 and 111, respectively. Secured to bracket 107 is anadditional laterally extending bracket 112 which supports a guide spool113 which operates in cooperative relationship with the guide spool 111to guide a strand of rubber thread in cooperation with guide means 116to the golf ball center 35. Annular ring 104 has a counterweight 116secured to its side frame in a position diametrically opposite thelocation of the supply spool 110 to maintain a balanced rotating spooldevice.

The respective gears 48 and 48' have mounted thereon a plurality ofhorizontally extending pins 118, with a pair of adjacent pins on eachgear engaged by a cam 119 mounted on a vertically extending leaf spring120. Such leaf spring in cooperation with the pins 118 maintains a biason respective gears 48 and 48' to assure proper mating of such gearswith the gear 49 and 49' having the intermittent gear teeth.

The trigger mechanism for the ball winding machine includes a crank arm122 pivotally mounted on the table of the housing 10 as by a pivot means123. One end portion of the crank arm 122 is slotted as at 124 toslidably receive a pin 125, which pin 125 is connected by a bracket 126to the supporting structure 19 (FIG. 5). The other end of crank arm 122is recessed to provide a shoulder 127 to perform a camming function tobe described. A guide block 128 recessed as at 129 provides a pair ofspaced guideways which guide a longitudinally extending trigger 130. Theone end of trigger 130 has a vertically extending pin 131 mountedthereon which pin 131 is in abutting engagement with shoulder 127 oncrank arm 122. A tension spring 132 has one end secured to the guideblock 128 and the other end secured to a pin 131 on trigger 130 therebyurging the trigger 130 upwardly, as viewed in FIG. 5, to maintain pin125 in operative engagement with the slot 124 of bracket 126. A pair ofspaced rollers 133 and 134 are secured to the table of the housing 10 toguide the reciprocal movement of a longitudinally extending slide member136. Slide member 136 is slotted as at 137 and 138 to receive rollers133 and 134, respectively, to guide the slidable member 136 in itsmovement on the table of housing 10. A spring 139 has one end secured toa pin 140 on the intermediate portion of the slidable member 136 and theother end secured to a pin 141 on the roller 133. Such spring 139operates to urge slidable member 136 in a leftward direction as viewedin FIG. 5. Another portion of slidable member 136 is recessed as at 142to receive the trigger 130 and as shown in FIG. 5 prevents the movementof the slidable member 136 to the left. Slidable member 136 has aforwardly extending projection 143 with a horizontally extendingadjustable set screw 144. A pneumatic valve having an actuator plunge146 is operable by a set screw 144 to selectively pressurize pneumaticcylinders 57 and 57 into the position shown in FIG. 5, with the actuator146 out of engagement with the set screw 144. In the position shown inFIG. 5, valve 145 directs pressurized fluid to the head end of pneumaticcylinder 57 which maintains piston rod 58 in the extended position asshown which maintains the clutch plates 46 and 47 in engagement andpressurizes the rod end of pneumatic cylinder 57 which maintains therespective clutch plates 46 and 47' out of engagement. Actuation ofpneumatic valve 145 by set screw 144 effects pressurization of the rodend of pneumatic cylinder 57 and the pressurization of the head end ofpneumatic cylinder 57. to disengage clutch plates 46 and 47 whileengaging clutch plates 46 and 47' thereby changing the pattern ofwinding in a manner to be described. A cam 147 pivoted as at 148 has anabutment surface 149 which engages the one end of slidable member 136.Cam 147 has a handle 150 which permits rotation of such cam 147 forpositioning the slidable member 136 in a manner and for a purpose to bedescribed.

In the operation of the machine, the ball core 35 to be wound isinserted between the winding heads 31 and 32 in a manner described abovewith the trigger mechanism being in the position shown in FIG. 5.

After motor M is energized, clutch 72 is engaged thereby rotating driveshaft 73 which in turn rotates drive pinion 77 and spur gears 84 and 85.Pinion 77 rotates the spooling device to thereby wind elastic threadonto the golf ball core in a manner determined by the rotation of thewinding heads 31 and 32. Rotation of spur gears 84 and 85 rotates pairsof gears 67, 49 and 67', 49', respectively. Gears 67 and 67 reciprocatethe respective winding heads 31 and 32 via their connection to the cams64 and 64 but in opposite directions. The speed of rotation of cam 64 isdetermined by gear 67 which via spur gear 66 and sleeve 65 rotates theheart-shaped cam 64 which in turn reciprocates winding head 31 alonggrooved ways 21 in a horizontal direction through the motion impartedthereto by followers or cam rollers 70-70, which cam followers 70 areintegral with the housing structure 33. In a similar manner gear 67'rotates gear 66, sleeve 49 and heart-shaped cam 64' which in turnreciprocates the winding head 32 along grooved ways 22-22 in ahorizontal direction through the motion imparted thereto by cam rollerswhich are not shown but similar to cam rollers 7070 whereby the housingstructure 33' is reciprocated. It will be noted cams 64 and 64' (FIG. 2)are oppositely disposed thereby reciprocating their respective windingheads 31 and 32 in opposite directions so that the golf ball core 35supported therebetween is rotated about a vertical axis without beingdisplaced therefrom. Simultaneously with such action gear 49intermittently rotates spur gear 48 which through clutch plates 46 and47 drives shaft 45 and bevel gear 43. Gear 43 drives bevel gear 42 andshaft 37, which shaft 37 has keyed thereto spur gear 38. Gear 38 is inmesh with gears 3940 which in turn rotate the rollers 34-34. Being thatclutch plates 46 and 47' are disengaged as seen in FIGS. 2 and 5,rollers 3434' are not driven but cooperate with driven rollers 3434 toact as idler rollers. Such intermittent rotation of rollers 34-34imparts a rotation of the golf ball core 35 about a horizontal axiswhich is perpendicular to the longitudinal center line and the verticalaxis which determines the basic pattern of winding of the thread ontothe ball core 35.

As the golf ball core increases in diameter, the respective windingheads 31 and 32 are forced apart gradually whereby roller 25 exerts aforce in the rightward direction as viewed in FIG. 5, which actionpivots crank arm 122 in a clockwisedirection until trigger 130 iswithdrawn from slot 142 thereby permitting slidable member 136 to moveleftwardly under the biasing action of spring 139. As member 136 movesleftward, set screw 144 engages actuator plunger 146 which energizesvalve 145 to direct pressurized fluid into the rod end of pneumaticcylinder 145 and the head end of pneumatic cylinder 145' which actiondisengages clutches 46-47 and engages clutches 46'47'. Such action nowsets up the final pattern winding since rotation to rollers 34'34' isnow governed by the spacing on gear 49', so that rollers 34'34 are thedriven rollers and rollers 3434 are the idler rollers. A suitable limitswitch on the table actuated as by the pivotal movement of hell crank 86or 87 de-energizes motor M thereby stopping the winding of the golf ballcore 35 when the golf ball core reaches proper size. The golf ball core35 is removed and the slidable member 136 is conditioned via carn 147for the next winding operation.

It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing 6 disclosurerelates to only a preferred embodiment of the invention and thatnumerous modifications or alterations may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit and the scope of the invention a set forth inthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a ball winding machine, comprising support members, said supportmembers having means for supporting a golf ball core about alongitudinally extending center line, means operatively connected tosaid supporting means for oscillating said support means and therebyrotate a golf ball core about a first axis normal to said longitudinalcenter line, a supply spool of elastic strand material to be wound onsaid ball core, means for rotating said supply spool about saidlongitudinal center line relative to said supporting means to windelastic strand material onto such ball core as uch core is rotated, andmeans operatively connected to said supporting means for selectivelyintermittently rotating said supporting means and such ball core in afirst and then a second preset direction about a second axis normal tosaid first axis and normal to said longitudinal center line to wind afirst and then a second pattern wind onto such golf ball core.

2. Ina golf ball machine as set forth in claim 1 wherein said supportmeans includes a pair of winding heads, each winding head having a pairof idler rollers, said oscillating means being connected to said windingheads for reciprocating said heads in opposite directions to impartoscillation to such golf ball core, said intermittently rotating meansincluding drive means for selectively rotating first one and then theother of said pair of rollers to rotate such golf ball core about ahorizontal axis normal to said longitudinal center line to provide afirst pattern wind and then a second pattern wind.

3. In a golf ball machine as set forth in claim 2 wherein the axis ofeach pair of idler rollers is parallel to each other, said axes of eachpair of rollers lie in planes parallel to each other and normal to saidlongitudinal center line, each of said winding heads beinglongitudinally movable toward and away from each other to accommodate anincrease in size of such golf ball core, means urging said winding headstowards each other, and said intermittently rotating means beingresponsive to predetermined movement of said winding heads away fromeach other for selectively changing said drive means from rotating saidfirst pair of rollers to said other pair of rollers.

4. In a ball winding machine as set forth in claim 1 wherein saidsupport means comprises a pair of winding heads; each Winding headhaving a pair of rollers, said oscillating mean being connected to saidwinding heads for reciprocating said heads in opposite directions toimpart oscillation to such golf ball core, said intermittently rotatingmeans comprising drive means for imparting intermittent rotation throughsaid winding heads to said rollers for intermittently rotating such golfball core; and means for rendering one of said winding heads inoperativeto drive but operative to idle when the other of said winding heads isinitermittently driven by said drive means, and for rendering said otherwinding head inoperative to drive but operative to idle when said onewinding head is intermittently driven by said drive means.

5. In a ball winding machine comprising a pair of opposed winding heads;a supply spool of elastic material to be 'wound on a ball core heldbetween said winding heads; means for reciprocating said winding headsin opposite lateral directions for oscillating such ball core about afirst axis; means for rotating said supply spool in a plane containingsaid first axis at a preselected speed for winding elastic material ontosuch golf ball core; each winding head having a pair of freely rotatablerollers having parallel axes, with said rollers supporting such golfball core therebetween along a longitudinal center line normal to saidfirst axis; said axes of said rollers lying in parallel planes whichplanes are equidistant from said first axis; a

pair of drive means with preselected different patterns of intermittentdrive; a first clutch means operative upon energization to interconnectone of said drive means with one pair of rollers to rotate said one pairof rollers and such core about a second axis, with the other rollersoperating as idler rollers; a second clutch means operative uponenergization to interconnect the other of said intermittent drive meanswith said other pair of rollers to rotate such core about said secondaxis, with said one pair of rollers operating as idler rollers; andmeans for selectively energizing said first clutch means or said secondclutch means to provide a first pattern of winding or a second patternof winding.

6. A golf ball machine comprising a pair of winding heads, each windinghead being mounted on one end of a quill shaft, said quill shafts havinga longitudinal center line, each winding head having a carriage slidablymounted thereon for reciprocal movement in a direction transverse tosaid longitudinal center line, means for yieldingly urging said windingheads toward each other to retain a golf ball center therebetween, meansoperatively connected to said quill shafts for maintaining said quillshafts for linear longitudinal reciprocal movement, each of said quillshafts supporting for rotation a sleeve and a shaft, drive meansoperatively connected through said sleeves for reciprocating saidcarriages in opposite linear directions, each shaft having a clutchmeans operatively connected thereto, intermittent drive means connectedto said clutch means to provide an input to said shafts uponenergization of said clutch means, a pair of rollers having parallelaxes on each carriage for free rotation thereon, said rollers operativeupon energization of said clutch means to positively drive said rollersassociated therewith, and means for selectively energizing one or theother of said clutch means to drive one or the other of said pair ofrollers.

7. A golf ball machine as set forth in claim 6 wherein said lastmentioned means is responsive to predetermined movement of said Windingheads away from each other.

8. A ball winding machine as set forth in claim 6 wherein saidlast-mentioned means includes a longitudinal movable slide membermovable between a first and second position, said member having a recesstherein, stop means movable into said recess to retain said slide memberin said first position, means biasing said stop member into said recess,valve means operable upon actuation to selectively energize one or theother of said clutch means, means biasing said slide member into saidsecond position for actuating said valve means, one of said quill shaftshaving a bracket connected to said stop means for moving said stop meansout of said recess upon predetermined movement of said winding headsaway from each other to release said movable member for movement intosaid second position.

9. A golf ball winding machine as set forth in claim 8 wherein saidmovable quill shafts are operatively interconnected to providecoordinated movement in their longitudinal direction.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,452,469 4/1923 Loomis 2423 2,562,75 6 7/ 1951 Weston ct al. 2423 2,668,016 2/ 1954 Huse 2423 FRANK I.COHEN, Primary Examiner.

B. S. TAYLOR, Assistant Examiner.

1. IN A BALL WINDING MACHINE, COMPRISING SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID SUPPORTMEMBERS HAVING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A GOLF BALL CORE ABOUT ALONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CENTER LINE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TOSAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND THEREBYROTATE A GOLF BALL CORE ABOUT A FIRST AXIS NORMAL TO SAID LONGITUDINALCENTER LINE, A SUPPLY SPOOL OF ELASTIC STRAND MATERIAL TO BE WOUND ONSAID BALL CORE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SUPPLY SPOOL ABOUT SAIDLONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS TO WINDELASTIC STRAND MATERIAL ONTO SUCH BALL CORE AS SUCH CORE IS ROTATED, ANDMEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELYINTERMITTENTLY ROTATING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND SUCH BALL CORE IN AFIRST AND THEN A SECOND PRESET DIRECTION ABOUT A SECOND AXIS NORMAL TOSAID FIRST AXIS AND NORMAL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE TO WIND AFIRST AND THEN A SECOND PATTERN WIND ONTO SUCH GOLF BALL CORE.